8-37-210 - Right of withdrawal of accumulated contributions upon termination of employment or death prior to retirement.
8-37-210. Right of withdrawal of accumulated contributions upon termination of employment or death prior to retirement.
(a) If a member other than a teacher is separated from service for reasons other than retirement or death, the amount of the member's accumulated contributions shall be paid to the member within ninety (90) days after the member's written request for such accumulated contributions.
(b) Should a member cease to be a teacher except by death or retirement under the provisions of chapters 34-37 of this title, the member shall be paid upon application, made not less than four (4) months following the member's cessation of service, the amount of the accumulated contributions standing to the credit of the member's individual account in the member's fund. Any teacher who provides documentation to the satisfaction of the board of trustees that the teacher has terminated employment, is not reemployed by any employer covered by the retirement system, and is no longer residing in this state, shall be paid the amount of such person's accumulated contributions within ninety (90) days after making application for such accumulated contributions. Any teacher who has been dismissed, and the employer certifies that dismissal occurred due to budgetary problems, shall be paid the amount of such person's accumulated contributions within ninety (90) days after making application. Any teacher employed and paid on a continuous twelve-month basis shall be paid such teacher's accumulated contributions within ninety (90) days after such teacher's written request for such accumulated contributions.
(c) If a member who has attained seventy and one-half (70½) years of age has been absent from service for more than seven (7) years in any period of nine (9) consecutive years after last becoming a member and has not completed the eligibility requirements for retirement as set forth in § 8-36-204, such person's accumulated contributions shall be paid to such person within ninety (90) days after the board is notified to that effect.
[Acts 1972, ch. 814, § 5; 1973, ch. 347, § 19; T.C.A., § 8-3921(a); Acts 1981, ch. 387, § 20; 1983, ch. 342, § 22; 1987, ch. 54, § 13; 1994, ch. 710, § 4.]